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But the reputation and price of the copy still advanced, till the Revolution put an
end to the secrecy of love, and ... to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed
the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a ...
But the reputation and price of the copy still advanced, till the Revolution put an
end to the secrecy of love, and ... to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed
the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a ...
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At school he became acquainted with the poets ancient and modern, and fixed
his attention particularly on Milton. In 1694 he entered himself at Christ-church; a
college at that time in the highest reputation, by the transmission of Busby's ...
At school he became acquainted with the poets ancient and modern, and fixed
his attention particularly on Milton. In 1694 he entered himself at Christ-church; a
college at that time in the highest reputation, by the transmission of Busby's ...
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competition of rivals who sometimes prevailed, or the censure of criticks, which
was often poignant and often just ; but with such a degree of reputation as made
him at least secure of being heard, whatever might be the final determination of ...
competition of rivals who sometimes prevailed, or the censure of criticks, which
was often poignant and often just ; but with such a degree of reputation as made
him at least secure of being heard, whatever might be the final determination of ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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